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Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released in May 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Overwatch Outage Chart 01/16/2026 04:55

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Overwatch users through our website.

  1. Sign in (43%)

    Sign in (43%)

  2. Online Play (28%)

    Online Play (28%)

  3. Game Crash (15%)

    Game Crash (15%)

  4. Glitches (9%)

    Glitches (9%)

  5. Matchmaking (5%)

    Matchmaking (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Overwatch outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesSalt Lake City Online Play
United StatesRiverside Sign in
United StatesGresham Online Play
BrazilCaucaia Glitches
United StatesOrlando Game Crash
AustraliaSydney Game Crash
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Overwatch Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • me0wkittykat 🛸 KAT • he/they 👽 (@me0wkittykat) reported

    it is absolutely insane that people who use pre-paid phone service plans can’t play overwatch 2… like why?? even people who paid for ow1 can’t access their stuff anymore. it’s absolutely criminal and this needs to be fixed immediately @PlayOverwatch @Blizzard_Ent

  • TamakiTobe TamaTobe 🎩 (@TamakiTobe) reported

    I'm from now on not gonna play Paladins anymore, the amount of issues I'm having with the game make it litteraly impossible to have fun especially after having it all be way better in Overwatch 2

  • GrimSoots Grim Soots (@GrimSoots) reported

    Finally started Overwatch 2 with my account linked, and NONE of my skins and stuff from the first game are there. Is there something I can do to fix that or is my stuff just gone? @PlayOverwatch @Blizzard_Ent

  • begebtwww b (@begebtwww) reported

    overwatch server is closing due to an unexpected error

  • BiWhait Blanco (@BiWhait) reported

    @PCSpecialist @HMGaming @LogitechGUK #HMGaming #NewDimension Marvel Spiderman Miles Morales, MH Rise, Overwatch 2, and some emulator...my poor old broken pc will say "thanks for this" if i win, i would try to repair it to give it to my mum bc she needs a little pc for her

  • BBsrley Bob bsrley (@BBsrley) reported

    got error code and kicked out of competitive game for the 2nd time in 3 ******* games in overwatch 2

  • cryptostualt HIFREN (@cryptostualt) reported

    @Br0gers_ @kastoRdif @OWAnonymous_ Idiot were you not here last year when they took OWL player input to improve the meta in Overwatch? It ruined the game with periodic hero bans and broken hitscan hero’s, worst state of the game right before the blizzard scandal. There’s a reason why they don’t listen to pros.

  • pinkcheese__ PinkCheese (@pinkcheese__) reported

    Overwatch is slowly becoming a problem again but whatever at least I’m getting better with Genji

  • zeusisblack 𝒟𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒 𝑀𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓌 💐 (@zeusisblack) reported

    I keep having a problem with Overwatch 2 freezing at the main menu

  • profjpg profjpg // loves rats and medieval France (@profjpg) reported

    So I can not connect to the Overwatch 2 servers because of Error LC-208. I have done everything on Blizzards support page except one step, and that is unlinking and then relinking why PSN account. Why? Because it says I have to wait 365 days to link a PSN account again. 💀💀💀

  • OddestOfRogues Mario (@OddestOfRogues) reported

    Overwatch is actually broken there’s audio bugs that don’t play when **** like ults go off in game

  • ainomeaD Daemonia (@ainomeaD) reported

    "Not only that, but gamers have experienced a multitude of problems with matchmaking as inexperienced n00bs have been put in games against top players." This was part of a story on my news feed. Since when WASN'T this a problem with overwatch competitive mode?

  • bambistarcandy ella ♡ bts luvr (@bambistarcandy) reported

    i have issues bc all overwatch does is make me think of koo

  • bugansu juju (@bugansu) reported

    overwatch unexpected error message is really starting to piss me off cuz why am i getting 8 hour penalties

  • DannyRand2025 dani_martínez02 (@DannyRand2025) reported

    @cod_sploitzimgz What's the problem with Infinity War and copyright ? Literally every gun has a made up name from Overwatch or Valorant, now this...

  • rarebelly 🐼🐻belly🐲🔞 (@rarebelly) reported

    @OpTicValUpdate @conthecatch_ @Natesonn That is a fallacy, just because Blizzard has had bad string of terrible practices doesn't mean everything they dish out will be mediocre. Despite the hate train Overwatch got on social media it still reached a high player base count. Loud minority yapping and then they go login

  • OlibiasTV Olibias (@OlibiasTV) reported

    @NoungahTV Problem is, if we started to look at everything we paid for with such a fine brush, we'd never buy anything CoD, WoW, Overwatch - Bobby Kotick pay and bonus are a direct correlation of the success of those games Riot Games - not a single person was fired in the 100m lawsuit

  • kiwamivillage REDEBUT DECEMBER 2022 | КIWAMI 🇲🇾 (@kiwamivillage) reported

    @momoiro_akane I agree, I've suddenly been seeing these Overwatch takes that **** on Valorant for no reason at all, I have my issues with Valorant too I ain't defending it, I'm here just glad to see people in the replies remember Quake and GunZ but goddamn these takes suddenly been popping up

  • minhuimang_ ᴊ⩜⃝ꜱᴍɪɴ 🦋 (@minhuimang_) reported

    Playing comp in overwatch 2 is even worse than in overwatch 1. I'm only playing support, however I have the shittiest team mates ever and complain about ME? sorry y'all are the ******* problem, not me.

  • luo_jun_zhe Jun Lo | Yuzu (@luo_jun_zhe) reported

    @_ryonaneer_ @Kemmo_Ado On her own like she's a cute character with fine design, it really is just when compared with all of Overwatch that she's just a problem in a pattern of problems

  • ChrisComicbook Chris The Comic Book Fan (@ChrisComicbook) reported

    @damage_orb Overwatch 2 is nothing special and that's the problem here. The game is basically Overwatch 1.5 and Blizzard knows this. The only good thing that comes from Overwatch now is the porn.

  • Anxt13 Anxt (@Anxt13) reported

    @KevinChudzinski @DartFr0gs @PlayOverwatch Nah, I have the same problem too... Literally it's the only game I get disconnected from lmao. I never got randomly dc'd on overwatch 1 unless it was explicitly my internet and I know for a fact my net hasn't been the prob this time. So yeah... Not a "you problem"

  • psyikk Sean Lichtenstein (@psyikk) reported

    Can anyone at @OverwatchDev @PlayOverwatch confirm this issue where controller settings "bleed" into mouse/kb? The "fix" has become quite popular, but I still see no official topic on this. #Overwatch2 #overwatch #playoverwatch

  • linhionuyu linh (@linhionuyu) reported

    overwatch is causing my pc to restart does anyone know how to fix this issue <3

  • GartellAlex multiplex graph (@GartellAlex) reported

    @overwatch OW2 on console is honestly a terrible experience. There is a bug that disables aim assist in comp. You can't log back in if you dc or crash(until the game is over so you get banned) The game crashes when you try to type in game chat sometimes. The servers are terrible

  • akiratokisaki3 cosmo ✨️🌙🗡 (@akiratokisaki3) reported

    why ******** am i lagging so ******* hard on overwatch

  • LamyReborn Zelda #1 Vampire hunter Proffessional 🦇 (@LamyReborn) reported

    @PennywisesLover We need a cool overwatch glitch where his clothes clip and we see him entirely naked it would be so funny

  • JackNoble1984 jaclyn noble (@JackNoble1984) reported

    i literally cannot open the battlepass menu without my overwatch freezing. I literally have to ******* close it with task manager every time it "crashes" because it can't even ******* crash properly. @PlayOverwatch Don't even bother touching game dev again.

  • rordanjusso Demon Dan (@rordanjusso) reported

    My problem is I didn’t play overwatch consistently since season 6 and only played placements until season 10. And I expect to be better than I am.

  • BiWhait Blanco (@BiWhait) reported

    @PCSpecialist @HMGaming @LogitechGUK #HMGaming #NewDimension Marvel Spiderman Miles Morales, MH Rise, Overwatch 2, and some emulator...my poor old broken pc will say "thanks for this" if i win, i would try to repair it to give it to my mum bc she needs a little pc for her bc we have no much money